My Korean Deli : Risking It All for a Convenience Store (Hardcover)

from loafhunter13

This book was very solidly written. It tells the tale of an academic elite married to a 1st generation immigrant with drive to spare. At the urging of the wife's family, the couple and inlaws invest in a New York deli. Despite the mixed marraige and intriguing cultural and socio-econmic clashes/c...

from TimBazzett

MY KOREAN DELI never really engaged me. It had a kind of schizophrenic quality with its alternate sections dealing first with the purchase of the Brooklyn deli/convenience store and Howe's Korean immigrant in-laws, then with his editorial work at The Paris Review in George Plimpton's Manhattan to...

from bookchickdi

As someone who married a man who owned two fast food restaurants, I really related to Ben Howe's story. He perfectly captures the craziness, the back-breaking work, insanely long hours, the horrible bureaucratic obstacles and yes, the occasional rewards of owning your own small business in Americ...

from kyriaw

This is the story of a self proclaimed "tight bummed Puritain" from Boston who is married to a Korean woman. They live with her parents in Staten Island (in the basement). Their grand plan is to pay her parents back for their generosity by buying them a deli in Brooklyn and helping them run it. T...

from Pool_Boy

Fun memoir. At times funny, generally entertaining and kept my interest. Also, it made me realize that I will never, ever want to own and run a convenience store. Haha!